Joined on 06/02/09
Great Antivirus & IS
Pros: Easy to install, instruction was clear also. Antivirus does its job as it should, and been on par with other AV / IS i have been using in the past.
Cons: Was forced to input credit card information for activation even though the software has one year license included with the purchase.
Looks nice, but made with cheap materials
Pros: Well, its has all the bells and whistles of a current generation of cases. USB 3.0, tool-less Hdd cage and etc.
Cons: Well, I am surprised at the construction stability (or instability) of this case. Yes, people are going to say what do you exepect from a $40ish case (after rebate). But people that have used antec cases for awhile knows that antec is known for sturdy and firm cases. I have used the old faithful Antec 300 case for over 2-3 years now. That case also being $40ish case was amazing work of engineering. Yes, it was a basic case but it was built to last. You could rest assure that when you were going to open the side panel that you wouldn't accidentally bend the metal because it was thick. Sadly this case the side panel and the whole case uses a very thin flexible metal sheets. I would be very careful opening this case to case the Hardware on this case so I would not dent the panel. Also, the nice look green bay cover you see on the pics may not properly fit into the bay opening securely. My would not, it kept on falling off by any slight tapping on the case. I fixed it by using pliers and bending the metal cover sides a bit so it could securely fit into place. And that fixed the problem for now (don't know if that would last, but it seens to be for now). Also the psu fan filters will be tricky to get it back into place after you take it out in a fully loaded system. Yes, it seems easy when you have nothing in your case (since its light and you can actually lift the case). But I can see that I will have to play around it a bit everytime I want to put it back into place without actually seeing the bottom. Those are the cons of the case.
Overall Review: Now mind that all cases do come with slight problems in delivery. For all cases that I have received from UPS/Fedex, at least half of them were either dented, or had some kind of physical blemish (even if slight). For most system builders we accept that as part of buying cases online (especially if buying budget cases: since they are built cheaply). Main reason I bought this case was because it was Antec and I had faith they would follow other case producers and cheap out in their construction, but I am sadly to say that they had surrendered to cheapening out in their materials like most. I now have to think about that before I buy another Antec (sadly).
Only used for 2 months, A Key is getting nonregistering
Overall Review: I had 2 major issues with this keyboard. One was temporary which I had to disconnect the usb cable and plug it in again because it would not at register any keys. 2nd now is more a permanent issue which the "A" key gets stuck and not register consistently randomly during gaming. Since "A" is an important key you don't want it not working, I would not recommend this keyboard in this condition. I bought this in 9/13/22 and its now 11/18/22 (so only been around 2 months). I really like the simple RGB brown switch concept for the affordable price, but not reliable. Which means, cannot be used for gaming.
Great for the Price... This Freesnyc panel works with Nvidia GPUs without issue.
Pros: Works with Nvidia GPU for adaptive sync. Had no issue playing PUBG and Kingdom Come deliverance. 144hz with Freesync makes gaming experience so smooth. Its really a jack of all trade monitor that leans toward gaming performance.
Cons: This really isn't fair to say but its not an IPS panel. Colors seems off and viewing angles are not up to par with an IPS panel. I knew this so it was not really an issue but don't expect this panel to give the same color depth and viewing angles as your IPS panel.
Overall Review: Overall, worth the $150 I spent on it. Always wanted a 144hz monitor under 5ms response time with freesync under $150 and this hit the marks on all I was looking for. Yes, you can get an IPS 144hz 1ms freesnyc monitor but it cost over 2x this monitor so its not a fair comparison. Also you can't expect an monitor that $150 for that performance, but the real test is how close can you get to in this price range.
Great for the Price
Pros: Great Price. got it for $20 after rebate. $20 for a sealed water cooler is an amazing deal.
Cons: The tubing is very stiff. I guess it can be a pro or a con since it will probably never kink or bend. But I had a hard time trying to adjust the tubing to allow the pump to fit into the socket and radiator to fit into the fan mount.
Works Well
Pros: Does what it was suppose to. It's quiet, well quieter than my last fan which was going bad, so no complaints.
Cons: Nothing for the fan, working strong for months now.
Overall Review: It wasn't the fault of this fan, but I really had a hard time taking off the back metal plate of the motherboard before inserting the new fan with the push in clips. Those doublesided tapes are tough. Some thought you might want to consider if your motherboard has a back metal plate where the old fan would screw into.